Chapter 8 Home Networking
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You can obt ain your I P address from the I ANA, from an I SP or it can be assigned from a private
net work. I f you belong to a sm all organizat ion and your I nternet access is through an I SP, the I SP
can provide you w ith t he I nt ernet addresses for your local net works. On t he other hand, if you are
part of a m uch larger organizat ion, you should consult your net work adm inist rator for the
appropriat e I P addr esses.
Note: Regardless of your particular sit uat ion, do not creat e an arbit rary I P address;
always follow the guidelines above. For m ore inform ation on address assignm ent,
please refer t o RFC 1597, “Address Allocat ion for Privat e I nt ernet s” and RFC 1466,
“ Guidelines for Managem ent of I P Address Space”.
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